Coin-controlling mechanism



Feb.' 3. 1925.'

1,524,703 R. R. FOGELSONGER COI N CONTRLLING MECHANISM Filed May 16, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inl/anic),n l

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Feb. 3. 1925. 1,524,703

R'. R. FOGELSONGER COIN CONTROLLING MECHANI SM Filed May l, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented F eb. 3, i925.

UNITED *STATES ROY RAY FOGELSONGER, OF CLARENCE, NEW YORK.

COIN-CON TROLL-IN G MECHANISM.

Application filed May 16, I

To AZZ whom t may concern-f Be it known that I, ROY RAY FOGEL- SONGER, a citizen ofy the United States, residing at Clarence, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lCoin-Controlling Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a coin apparatus for controlling the operation of a. vending apparatus, such for instance an as apparatus for dispensing newspapers, confectionery or other merchandise by the introduction of coins in a slot or conduit leading to the coin apparatus which vcontrols the operation of the dispensingl mechanism.

At the present time some kinds of merchandise are sold to the public for two coins, for instanceJ newspapers which cost two cents, and as two cent pieces at the present time are rare and the coinage of the same has been discontinued it becomes necessary to use two separate pennies when purchasing a newspaper of this price. In orga-nizing a coin apparatus which is more particularly designed for dispensing or vending newspapers which requires the deposit of more than one. coin to operate the mechanism it is necessary to make provision for preventing the Voperating of the vending apparatus until the required number of coins have been deposited in the apparatus, and it is also desirable to sororganize this apparatus that a. party placing an insufficient number of coins in the apparatus can recover' the same if he does not desire to lose the coins already placed in the apparatus.

It is therefore the purpose of this invention to provide simple, reliable and eliicient means whereby a vending apparatus may be operated manually after the required number of coins have been placed in the machine, but which will prevent its operation if a deficient number of coins have been deposited in the apparatus, and also enable the person depositing such coins to lrecover the same if he so desires. Y

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a sectional top 'plan view of a coin apparatus embodying my invention and showing the parts in the position which they occupy preparator7 to receiving the coins from the customer. Figure 2 is a Vvertical longitudinal section of thewsame.

Figure 3 is a sectional view similar to'Fig- 19273. `Serial No. 639,379.

ure l v showing the position of the parts when at attemptis made to operate the apparatus manually without introducing any coin into the same. Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the same corresponding to Figure 2. Figure 5 is a horizontal section similar to Figure l showing the'position of the parts when only 011e coin is introduced into the machine. Figure Gis a vertical longitudinal section of the same corresponding to Figures 2 and 4. Figure 7 is a sectional View similar to Figures l and 3 but showing the parts in the position which they occupy when two coins of the proper thickness have been introduced into the machine and the vending mechanism associated therewith has been operated.

Figure 8 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same corresponding to Figures 2, 4 and 6.

l Similar characters of reference refen to like parts throughout the several Views of the Y drawings. n

This coin apparatus may be used for controlling the mechanism which dispenses any suitable commodity such as newspapers, confectionery, liquids or the like, which vending mechanism however forms no part of this invention and therefore only a lever 10 is shown in the drawings as the element .of the vending apparatus which must be actuated in order to cause the vending mechanism to discharge an article which y from the casing when this lever is moved forwardly, but when the same is moved backwardly the motion is idle and only prepares the vending mechanism for effecting a discharge of the goods from the machine during the subsequent forward movement of this lever.

My improved coin mechanism for controlling the operation of the operating lever l0 of the vending mechanism is constructed as follows: Slidable horizontally through an opening 14 in t-he lfront wall of the enclosing casing are two controlling bars which form `mechanism `for discharging a piece of goods part of the coin controlling mechanism, an inner or rear bar 15 which is: arranged partly within the enclosing casing and is pivotally connected at its inner or rear end by means of a pin 16. with the free end of the operating level.' 10, Sand a front or outer bar 17 which reaches from the interior to the exterior of the casing and is. provided at its outer or front end with a. handle 18 of any suitable character for manipulating this last mentioned bar,

The inner 'or rear controlling bar is pro.- vided at its front end with a bearing lsur-l face 19 which is preferably of concave form and at times forms part 'of a. coin pocket adapted to receive the coins which render it possible to actuate the operating lever 10 through the medium of the controlling bars 15 and 1?. On the underside of the front end of the inner or rear controlling bar the same is provided with a. clearance space or recess 2O which is equal in height` to the thickness of one of two coins which will operate the apparatus whilev that part of the front end of the rear controlling-bar above the recess 2O is also. equal .to` one of two coins suitable for operating the apparatus. About midway of the length of vthe rear controlling bar the same i's l'nfovic-ledv on its opposite longitudinal edges with two lugs. ory projections 2,1, eachofwhich forms a. rearwardly or inwardly facing shoulder 22 [and an outwardly or forwardly facing shoulder 23v on the rear controlling bar, as

shown in Figures 1j, 3, 5 and 7.' O n its upper side and within the enclosing casing the rear controlling bar is provided with a. cam 24k which is arranged about midway of the length ofV this bar.

The outer or front. controlling bar 1,7 is provided with a. longitudinad slot, the iiront portion 25, of which'is. comparatively narrow and the longitudinal sides of which engage with opposite longitudinal sides or edges of that part of the rear controlling bar in front of its lugs 21, while the rear part 2G of the longitudinal. slot inV theI front controlling bar is comparatiyely wide., andits .inner longitudinal walls or sides engage. with oppositey sides of the lugs-21 on the` reairl controlling. bar and. form on saidy front controlling bar twoinwardly facing front shoulders 27 which are adapted to engagel with the forwardly facing shoulders 23.011 the rear controlling bar and 'two forwardly facing shoulders 28 see Figure 1 which are adapted to engage with therearwardly vliaoing shoulders "22 on the rear controlling bar. nnnediately iiry front of its rearwardly facing shoulders` 2 7 the rfgront controlling bar is provided onopposite sides of, the front part of the rear controlling balr with, two concave notches 29, of curved form, which notches are adapted at times to be arranged ccncentrically with the bearing face 19 of Athe controlli-ng apparatus.

the rear contro-lling bar and form therewith part oi the coin pocket, whichreceives the coins, whereby the front and rear controlling bars are coupled in the proper manner to enable the vending machine to be actuated and deliver the goods to the customer. rlhe overlapping parts of the front and rear controlling bars are arranged within a guideway 30 formed in a bracket 31 which is secured to the front side of the enclosing casing and projects forwardly therefrom. This bracket is provided on the outer part of its upper side with a coin receiving slot or inlet opening 821 through which the intended purchaser may introduce his coins intol the apparatus for thc purpose of operating the dispensing mechamsm..`

liVithinthe enclosing casing isarranged a mechanism which prevents the outer or front controlling bar from moving inwardly itsV full extent excepting when the proper numb-er of coins have been introduced into These means comprise a vertically swinging latch 311 arranged over the inner or rear part of the rear controlling bar and. pivoted at its. rear end by means of a horizontal pivot 32 on the rear wall of the casing while ilts front end is adapted to be engaged by the incline surface of the cam 24 on the rear control-ling bar, and the under side ofthis latch is provided with one or more stop shoulders 33, preferably two in number which are arrangedon opposite sides ot the rear part ot the rear controlling. bar and lare adapted to be engaged by the inner or rear ends of the branches of the front controlling. bar. The inner parts of the front and rear controlling bars a-repreferlably supported on their under sides by. means` or'. a shelf or guideway Se secured to the adjacent portion of the bottom of the casing. After goods have been ejected from the apparatus by manipulation of thecoin controlled apparatusonthe part of the customer, the parts occupy the position indicated in Figures 1 and 2, which show the operating lever 10 moved into its toremost position together with the rear controlling-bar, and the front controlling-bar also moved, into its foremost position so that the forwardly tacing shoulders 28 of the front controlling bar engage with the rearwardly fading shoulders 22 of the rear controlling bar, and the recesses 19V and 29f of the rear and fro-nt controlling bars. are arranged in a concentric position relatively to` each other and in register! with the coin inlet opening immediately above the same. lf now an. attempt shouldy be made to. operate the vendingmechanism without placing any coins into the coin. apparatus through the inlet opening 821 by merely pushing the. front or outer controlling bar inwardly by manually operating the handle 18 this would only per'- lll) ' a single coin through the coin inlet into the coin pocket formed by the co-:ovperating surfaces 19 and 29 of the rear and front controlling bars and then moves the front controlling bar inwardly, the movement of this bar in this direction will be arrested in the same manner in which this occur-red when no coin was deposited in the machine and the single coin which was deposited will be simply carried forwardly by the recesses 29 of the front controlling bar and slide into the clearance space 2O formed on the fron-t part of the inner controlling bar below the thin upper front part of the same, as shown in Figures 5 and 6.

If however, two coins of the proper thickness are deposited through the coin opening 321 into the coin pocket formed between the recesses 19 and 29 of the rear and front controlling b-ars the lower coin will be arranged horizontally in line with the clearance space 20, but the upper coin will be held up high enough so that its peripheral edge will engage with the bearing face 19 at the front end of the rear controlling bar and also with the recesses 29 in the front cont-rolling bar, thereby forming a coupling between the controlling` bar to move inwardly in unison with the front controlling bar. The relative position of the controlling bars and the latch 311 is such that during the first part of the inward motion of the rear controlling bar with the front controlling bar, the cam 24 will engage with the front end of the latch 311 and lift the same so that its shoulders 33 are arranged above or out of the path of the inner end of the front controlling bar and thereby avoid obstructing the full inward movement of the front controlling bar. During the last part of the inward motion of the front and rear controlling bars, while the same are thus coupled by the. coins between the same, the inner end of the front controlling bar passes inwardly beyond the stops 33 and when these bars reach the extremity of their inward movement which is` preferably determined by engage-ment of the handle 18 of the outer controlling bar with the front end of the bracket 3l, then the coin seat formed between the co-operating surfaces of the frontand rear controlling bars that the under side of the coins in the coin seat at this time are no longer supported and these coins are therefore free to drop out of this coin pocket orseat into the adjacent lower part of the enclosing casing which may serve Vas a till for this purpose.

This inward or backward movement of both controlling bars while thus coupled only effects an idle inward stroke of the operating lever 10 and merely sets the vending mechanism ready to discharge goods to a customer during the subsequent forward stroke v of the operating lever. This forward motion ofthe operating lever 10 is effectivev upon pulling outwardly or for-v wardly the handle 18at the front end of the louter controlling bar. During such movement `of the outer controlling bar the forwardly facing 'shoulders 28 of the outer controlling b-ar engage with the rearwardly facing shoulders 22 of `the rear controlling bar, thereby compelling the rear controlling bar to move outwardly in unison with the front controlling bar and causing the operating lever 10 to also move for-- wardly and actuaterthe vending mechanism so as to discharge goods from the machine. During the last part of this forward or outer movement of the rear controlling b-ar 15 the cam 24 thereon is moved fromA underneath the latch 311, thereby permitting the latter to drop by gravity and carry its fo-rwardly facing shoulders 33 downwardly into the path of the rear end of the front controlling A bar so as toprevent the latter from being moved rearwardly to such" an extent l'as would bring the pocket recesses 29 within the casing. deposit only a single coin in the apparatus and move the front controlling bar inwardly this coin would be merely carried idly inwardly in the guideway 30 but wouldnot be discharged into the till of the casing and would be againdrawn outwardly with the front controlling bar whenever the'customer pulled the same forwardly, thereby preventing the customer from losing this single coin and enabling him to properly oper-` ate the vending mechanism by adding another coin to the one previously deposited and thus obtain the proper height of coins in the coin pocket necessary to set the vending mechanism for obtaining a discharge of goods therefrom.

If, therefore, a person should y llt) In order to enable a cus-itomer' who has deposited only a single coin in the coin pocket' to `recover this coin in case he has no addi- Y tional com to make up the proper number Y ing means are provided whiohi preferably Y consist Vof a lifting disk 35 arranged in are-f vcess 36 in the bottom of tlie'guideway`j30 imn'iediately below the coin inlet -openingV 321. This lifting disk may beoperatedby" means ofa lifting pin or stein 37 extending from the lifting disk 35 through an openingSS in the bottoni of the guideway BOand provided at its lower end with a buttonY 39y which may be engaged by al linger of the customer for pushingl the lifting disk; up-

wardly yandy thereby raising the coin within the: coin pocket upwardly out of the inlet openingJ 321 where it isaccessible tothe cus,

tomerand can bereinovedibyhim if hedoes not wish to make a purchase.

@biviously the clearance: space 20 on the. rear contro-lling bar may befinade Of-difer` ent-heights so as to provideI accommodation' for more than one coin; in= the same if it is desired toso organize thefcoincontrolled apparatus that more-than two coins are neces sary for operating the vending mechanism;

rIlliiscoin controlled mechanism-is not -only very simple in construction but the sameY is also strong and durableY so thatvit is not likely to be injured by persons. attempting totainper with the same-andthe' same isalso very reliable inoperation so that persons 4debe assuredof the return. of the coins which have been deposited less than the required number` This coin controlled mechanism therefore willv operate equitably not only with reference to;- purchasers of goods but also with reference `to persons attempting; to,l purchase goods for less than the required amount of coins.

I claim as my invention: l. A coin controlling apparatus comprising, an inner controlling bar adapted; to be connected with the rpart to be actuated,` an

outer controlling barl movable lengthwise` relatively tothe innerI bar andfadaptedi to' be shifted manually, said barsV having parts adjacentto each other, and; a guide for the adjacent parts of saidibais, the outer end of said inner barfbein'g provided on its-underside with a clearance space and the adj aceiit.

parts of the outer barl being provided with recesses which together with the outer end of said. inner bar form a coinv pocket.

2. A coin controlling apparatus comprising an inner controlling bar adapted Ato be connected with. thepart to be actuatedVan outer controlling bar movable' lengthwise.

relatively tothe inner bar andA adapted to bevshifted manually,.said bars having. parts adjacentrtoeacliyother, and a guide for the adjacent parts of saidbar-s,` the outerl end'y of` saidinner bar being provided onl its underside with a clearance space and the adf jacent parts of the outer bar being pro- Y vided with recesses which togetherwith the.

Vouter endof, said inner bar forni a coin pocket', and said guide beingpro-vided with a coin-` inlet opening in its top.

.3. A coin controlling apparatus comprisinganinner controlling barl adapted to be connected. with the part to be actuated, an outer controlling. bar movable lengthwise relatively to the inner bar and adapted to be shiftedV manually, said bars having parts adjacent to each other andi a: guidef for the adjacentparts of saidbarsythe outer end of said inner bar being provided onfts underside with a clearance space and the adjacent parts ofy the outeibar being. provided with recesses which together with the outer cud ofy said inner bar form acoin pocket,` and saidk inner har being provided with an inwardly facingV shoulder and said outer bar being provided witlr ana outwardly facing shoulder adaptedto engiug'ey the inwardly facing shoulder of said inner bar.

4., A coin controlling apparatus comprising an inner controlling bar adapted to be connected with the part- `to lie-actuated, an outer controlling bar movable lengthwise relatively to the inner bar and adapted to be shifted manually, saidbars having parts adjacent to each= other, aguidefor the adjacent` part-s of said bai's,the outer end of saidinner Ybar being; provided on v its underside with a clearanceispace and the adjacent parts of the outer bari being provided with recesses wliicln together with the outer end of. said inner bar form a' coin pocket, and said.l inner bar being provided with; an inwardly facingV shoulderr and sa-id outer bar being;*provided with an outwardly facing shoulder adaptedV to engage the inwardly facingvshoulderl of'said inner bar,.and deteiit means adapted to prevent inward movement ofthe outer bar and to be shifted into its inoperativel position by motion of the inner bar.

5, A coin controlling apjiaratus comprisingran inner controlling bar adapted to be connected with the par-t tobe actuated, an outer controlling bar' movable lengthwise relativelyto theinner bai* and adapted to be 1 shifted manually, said bars. havin parts adjacent toeach other, aguide for the adjacentJ parts of? said bars, the outer end otsaid inner* bar.' being, piovidedon its underside withga clearance space and the adjacent partis: of the'outer bar -being provided with recesseswhiclil:` together with the outer` end of said inner` bar forni a coin pocket, and Said. innerb-ar being,- provided withy an inwardly facing. shoulder and saidl outer bar being; provided` with an outwardly facing shoulder adapted to engagetheY inwardly facing shoulder ofy said inner bar, and` detentmeans .Y adapted i to lprevent inward f movement of\tlieoiit,erl bar andto be shiftedinto itsinoperative position by motion of the inner bar, said deteiit meansfcomprising a swinging latch having a forwardlyfacing shoulder adapted to be engaged by the inner end of said outer bar and a cani on said inner bar adapted to engage said latch and move the saine with its shoulder out of the path of said outer bar.

6. A coin controlling apparatus comprising an inner controlling bar adapted to be connected with the part to be actuated, an outer controlling bar movable lengthwise relatively to the inner bar and adapted to be shifted manually, said bars having parts adjacent to each other; a guide for the adjacent parts of said bars, the outer end of said inner bar being provided on its underside with a clearance space and the adjacent parts of the outer bar being provided with recesses which together with the outer end of said inner bar form a coin pocket, and said guide being provided with a coin inlet opening in its top, and means for ejecting a coin from said pocket.

7. A coin controlling apparatus comprising an inner controlling bar adapted to be connected with the part to be actuated, an outer controlling bar movable lengthwise relatively to the inner bar and adapted to be shifted manually, said bars having parts adjacent to each other, a guide for the adjacent parts of said bars, the outer end of said nner bar being provided on its underside with a clearance space and the adjacent parts of the outer bar being provided with recesses which together with the outer end of said inner bar forni a coin pocket, and said guide being provided with a coin inlet opening in its top, and means for ejecting a coin from said pocket, comprising a lifting plate arranged in the lower part of said guide below said coin inlet opening and a lifting stem projecting from the underside of said plate downwardly through said guide.

8. A coin controlling apparatus comprising a longitudinally reciprocating inner bar adapted to be connected with the part to be actuated and provided on its upper side with a releasing cam, on its opposite sides with inwardly facing shoulders and having its outer end provided with a clearance space on the underside thereof, a hand operated outer bar providedwith a longitudinal slot which receives the outer part of the inner bar and whichy lhas recesses forming with the outer end of said inner bar, a pocket adapted toreceive coins, a guideway for said bars having an opening in its top for introducing coins into said pocket and extending across the lower end of said pocket to forni a bottom therefor, `and a locking latch pivoted on a fixed support having a shoulder adapted to engage the inner end of said hand operated bar and adapted to be lifted by said cam for moving the latch out of the path of said hand operated bar.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

ROY RAY FOGELSONGER. 

